G A R N E R - H A Y F I E L D - V E N T U R A H A P P E N I N G S

Vol. 46 No. 2 www.ghvschools.org October/November 2018

Garner-Hayfield-Ventura Schools - MISSION STATEMENT

To prepare students for a successful future in a kind, caring, and compassionate way.

SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS

The upcoming Garner-Hayfield-Ventura School Board meetings will be held as follows:

• Monday, October 18, 2018, 6:30 PM • Monday, November 12, 2018, 6:30 PM

The meetings will be held in the high school media center. Visitors are welcome to attend.

SUBSTITUTES NEEDED

Our school year is underway and we are looking for interested teachers, paraprofessionals, secretaries, custodians, food service workers, bus drivers, and nurse substitutes to work when our staff needs to be gone. If you are interested, please call the following people with your information.

Bus Driving Substitutes – Kevin Hanson, 923-2134 Custodial Substitutes – Kris Hanson, 923-2718

GHV PK-4th Substitutes – Call D. Dallman, 923-2831 GHV 5th-8th Substitutes – C. Echelberger 829-4484

GHV HS Substitutes – Call V. Olson, 923-2632 Kitchen Substitutes – K. Zobrist, 924-2356 Nurse Substitutes – B. Hiscocks, 923-2831

Office Substitutes – Call D. Dallman, 923-2831

New substitutes need to stop in the Superintendent’s Office to complete background check paperwork before they begin. THANK YOU for your interest!

Fall Musical

“Little Shop of Horrors” by Elizabeth May

The GHV Drama and Music departments have begun rehearsals for this year’s fall musical Little Shop of Horrors, to be performed in the GHV HS auditorium November 2nd and 3rd at 7PM. Little Shop of Horrors is a delectable sci-fi horror musical with an electrifying 1960’s pop/rock score by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman. Seymour Krelborn is a meek and dejected assistant at a floral shop who happens upon a strange plant, which he affectionately names “Audrey II” after his crush at the shop. Little does he know that this strange and unusual plant will develop a soulful R&B voice, a potty mouth, and an unquenchable thirst for HUMAN BLOOD. As Audrey II grows bigger and meaner, the carnivorous plant promises limitless fame and fortune to Seymour, as long as he continues providing a fresh supply of blood. Just when it’s too late, Seymour discovers Audrey II’s extra-terrestrial origins, and true drive for world-domination. The cast stars Kenadie Lau as Audrey, Patrick Carew as Seymour, Camden Lau as Mushnik, Eric Heitland as Orin the dentist, Brandon Brown as Audrey II, Edith Carew as Ronette, Maddie Hinz as Chiffon, Payton Echelberger as Crystal, Abbey Case, Alexia Kiss, and Sabrina Hoover as the other “Shopettes”, Bryant Cook as Martin, Caleb Renner as Bernstein, Holden Larson as Skip Snip, and Chloe Frank as Mrs. Luce. Other cast members include Abby Christians, McKenna Rayhons, Matthew Martinson, Raine Pralle, Samuel Turner, Rylee Frayne, Jailyn Krein, Shelby Howke, Kylie Anderson, Karlie Lee, Madison Singley, Autumn Faktor, Wyatt Heller, Zach Lynch, Miranda Randall, Parker Burke, Braden Renner, Avery Lackore, Ashley Homann, Isaac Bell, Nick Martinson, Juan Carranza, Asia Albery, Austin Mohlis, Andrew Kiss and Kiana Lortz. Tickets can be obtained via payschools through the schools website www.ghvschools.org and are $5 in advance and $7 at the door.

We will be having parent-teacher conferences on Tuesday, October 30 and Thursday, November 1, 4:30-8:00 PM. We invite parents/guardians to watch your email for a link to the online sign-up. As soon as it is ready to go, you will be notified and be able to sign up for this valuable time to communicate with your child/ren’s teacher. High School and Middle School Buildings will have an open house format for conferences during the same time frame.

We look forward to seeing you then! NONDISCRIMINATION POLICY STATEMENT

It is the policy of the Garner-Hayfield-Ventura Community School District not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, religion, creed, age (for employment), marital status (for programs), sexual orientation, gender identity and socioeconomic status (for programs) in its educational programs and employment practices. There is a grievance procedure for processing complaints of discrimination. If you have questions or a grievance related to this policy please contact the district’s Equity Coordinator: Jim Haag, GHV High School Principal, 605 Lyon Street, Garner, Iowa 50438, 641-923-2632, jhaag@ghvschools.org

GHV MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT COUNCIL

by Mrs. Ziesmer The GHV 7th and 8th graders have chosen their Student Council for the upcoming school year. Each of the 30 students running for the Student Council were required to give a speech in front of all 7th and 8th grade students. They did an amazing job this year. I was proud of each one of them. The speeches were filled with passion and a strong conviction to make GHV the best school in North Iowa. 8th Grade: President – Carly Joynt; Vice President – Madison Barrett; Secretary – Emma Goll; Treasurer – Anna Zrostlik; Representatives – Reece Bruggeman, Holly Piper, Kallie Atwell 7th Grade President – Jenna Pringnitz; Vice President – Ali Hess; Secretary – Kaytlyn Hagensick; Treasurer – Krista Hejlik; Representatives – Aiden Hawe, Jordan Carpenter, Ally Asleson

We will participate in Bake Sales, Christmas Shopping, Food Drives, Dodgeball/Dance nights, Fund Drives, Color Run and numerous other activities to better our school and community. We also work with our administration on activities to improve different aspects of the school. This school year has gotten off to a great start!!!!!

GHV Flu Shot Clinic Once again it is time to think about flu season. GHV Community School District is partnering with Hancock County Community Health to offer flu shots to ALL students and staff. Hancock County Community Health is coming to GHV Elementary and GHV High School on Tuesday, October 16th. On Wednesday, October 17th, they will be offering flu shots to GHV Middle School. Please look for more information to come in the near future.

YOU’RE INVITED TO THE GHV BOOK FAIR by Kristi Carew

The fall Book Fair will open Tuesday, October 30th, and remain open through Thursday, November 1st, at the GHV Elementary School library. This annual event is held in the K-4 Library during the fall parent-teacher conferences. Students eagerly await the arrival of cases full of new books, and I am very excited about adding to our library collection as well. This year our fair will feature books for TK-8th Grade students. It is hoped that having the fair in one location, as was done last year, will help parents locate books for their Elementary, and Middle School students all at once. As the librarian, I am grateful for parents’ support of reading and our school library, with purchases from the book fair. The profit received through this program has provided an extensive variety of books for our collection in the past, and this year I am looking forward to adding new fiction and nonfiction to all three of our libraries. Teachers will also continue to benefit from purchases that parents make for their classrooms through the “Teacher Wish List” program. The display will be located near the main entrance of the library. In addition, a big “thank you” goes out to our PTO. For many years they have provided funds to classroom teachers so they can select Book Fair materials for their classroom libraries. Please continue to encourage your children to be readers! I am looking forward to see you at the fair!

October/

November

2018

Great Leadership Opportunities for Students

Teen Council is the high

school youth component of the

Garner Asset Project, a commu-

nity substance abuse prevention

coalition. Students use the com-

munity needs assessment, the

Iowa Youth Survey student data,

and the annual youth summit to

gather data. They choose a sub-

stance to work on after as-

sessing this data. This year the

students will be sharing infor-

mation about electronic nicotine

devices.

The 2018 students include:

Mara Anderson, Abbey Case,

Amanda Bierle, Luke Brown,

Patrick Carew, Landon Dalbeck,

Mykenzie Dar, Jayden Frank,

Carlee Frayne, Dalton Hawe, Ja-

mie Hejlik, Hayden Hutcheson,

Nathan Larson, Jacob Leerar,

Stephenie Marzen, Vanessa Ol-

son,

Morgan

Ryerson,

Caleb

Renner,

Travis

Schmidt,

Tori

Sloan-

Chair,

Brielle

Smeby,

Abby

Sokol-

Vice-chair, Macey Spilman, and

Lorna Whelan.

YIELD (Youth Invest-

ing Energy in Leader-

ship Development) is a

collaborative effort by

Garner-Hayfield-Ventura

High School and Garner

Asset Project in an effort

to prepare future leaders

and to link local youth to

the local business com-

munity.

Students will attend

14 class sessions, begin-

ning on September 13th

,

on topics such as profes-

sional etiquette, resume

writing and job inter-

viewing, leadership

styles, public speaking,

business/industry and a

mentor mixer introducing stu-

dents to their mentors. Each

session will be facilitated by a

community

leader who

specializes

in the topic

field. Stu-

dents have

also

matched

with a com-

munity busi-

ness leader

as a mentor.

Students

must attend

a city council meeting and

spend time planning organiz-

ing, and implementing a com-

munity input

project to com-

plete the pro-

gram.

Strong commu-

nity support in-

cludes the fol-

lowing busi-

nesses and

community indi-

viduals.

2018 adult

YIELD mentors:

Mike Bahnsen,

Jay Larkin, Erik

Mullenbach,

Ryan Sonquist,

Damon Quandt,

Phil Garland,

Marline Lew-

erke, Carrie Rodriquez, Karla

Rudisill, Tim Schmidt, Paula

Spilman, David Stromer, Kaitlyn

Sorenson, Julia Schultz, Taylor

Nelson and Natalie Swartout.

2018 YIELD Sponsors: Classic

Catering; Clear Lake Bank &

Trust; D.K. Arndt; Drs. Tesene,

Maurer, and Maurer; Garland &

Rodriguez Law Office; Garner

Lions; Reliance State Bank;

Schmidt Livestock & Trucking;

and IMT Transport.

Session Leaders: Collin Da-

vison, Nikki Renner, Victoria

Schmidt, Jodie Anderson,

Sheryll Klesel, Morgan Lawson,

Tyler Williams, David Zrostlik,

Shirley Brown, Kris Hanson,

Mike Bahnsen and Garner Lions.

With all of the safety warnings for parents and adults this time of year, there is one important

safety reminder that often gets overlooked: medication safety at home and at school. Prairie Ridge

Prevention would like to remind parents that next to marijuana, the most common drugs teens

use to get high are prescription medications. According to the Partnership for Drug-Free Kids, 1 in

5 teens in America has taken a prescription pain medication that was not prescribed for

them.

Safety reminders for parents:

Many kids believe that medications are safer than illegal drugs. Talk to your kids about

the dangers of over-the-counter and prescription medications when not taken in a way that

is prescribed by a doctor or recommended on the label. When a prescription is made to an

individual the medication and dosage is determined by the patient’s history, weight, and

size. If someone else were to take that medication, unknown affects may occur. Just be-

cause it’s prescribed to someone doesn’t mean it safe for everyone.

Kids can have access to medications in their own home, a friend’s home, at a neigh-

bor’s house, at a grandparent’s home, or at school.

Monitor the medications in your home (prescription and over-the-counter) and dispose of

medications that are not needed or expired. Visit www.prairieridge.net and click on

“Services”, “Links”, and then “Prescription Drug Disposal” to find a permanent drop site for

unused medications.

If any member of your family has recently had an injury, surgery, illness, or has a condition

that requires ongoing medication that might be abused (pain or medications for ADD or

ADHD) do not keep your medications in the medicine cabinet. Instead use a safe location

that youth do not have knowledge of, or access to.

Kids who have recently had surgery, illness, injury, or take medications for an ongoing

condition can be a target for youth seeking those medications.

The most commonly abused prescription drugs are pain medications, sleeping pills, anti-

anxiety medications, and stimulants (used to treat attention deficit/hyperactivity disorders).

If it is necessary for your youth to have medications during the school day, schools require

that those medications be in the care of the school nurse or other designated staff member.

Please discuss with your youth that they are not to allow other students to have access to

their medications for any reason.

For more information:

The Partnership at Drugfree.org, www.drugfree.org

The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, www.theantidrug.org (Key word: Prescrip-

tion Drug)

Safeguard My Meds, www.SafeguardMyMeds.org

Prairie Ridge Prevention Services

(641) 424-2391

www.prairieridge.net

Follow ‘Prairie Ridge Prevention Services’ on Facebook

Back to school safety reminder: